Full Text of SR0319 94th General Assembly
SR0319 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Robert E. "Bob" Nelson of | 4 |
| Marion on Friday, July 8, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in De Kalb County, Indiana, on March | 6 |
| 15, 1914, to Erwin and Orpha (Moore) Nelson; he earned a | 7 |
| bachelor's degree in general forestry from Michigan State | 8 |
| University in 1936 and spent his entire career as a forester in | 9 |
| the states of Michigan, Arkansas, and Illinois; he retired in | 10 |
| 1976 as an associate extension forester with the rank of | 11 |
| assistant professor from the University of Illinois with | 12 |
| headquarters at Dixon Springs Agricultural Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Nelson valiantly served his country as a | 14 |
| member of the United States Army from 1941 until the time of | 15 |
| his honorable discharge in 1946; at the time of his discharge | 16 |
| he held the rank of captain in the Signal Corps; he was | 17 |
| decorated with a Bronze Star Medal and a | 18 |
| European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal; he was involved | 19 |
| in battles and campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, the | 20 |
| Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his discharge from the military, he was | 22 |
| united in marriage to Jeanne Light on March 14, 1946, in | 23 |
| Forrest City, Arkansas; together they shared more than 36 years | 24 |
| of marriage until her death on April 6, 1982; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a charter member of Shawnee Resource | 26 |
| Conservation and Development Area from the time of its | 27 |
| organization by the USDA in 1968; he served as the | 28 |
| organization's volunteer treasurer from 1995 until 2005 and was | 29 |
| chair of the Forestry Committee from 1977 until 1995; he has | 30 |
| held a membership in the Society of American Foresters for over | 31 |
| 50 years; he also served on the Williamson County Soil and |
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| Water Board and the University of Illinois Extension; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Robert E. "Bob" Nelson has been | 3 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his sister and brother-in-law, | 4 |
| Virginia and Stan Applegate; his nieces and nephews, Paula | 5 |
| Jones, Debbie Dobrovodsky, Diane Rae, Douglas Bultemeyer, and | 6 |
| Gary and Nancy Applegate; his many great-nieces; his | 7 |
| great-nephew; and his many longtime friends; he was preceded in | 8 |
| death by his parents, his wife, and his sister, Carma | 9 |
| Bultemeyer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 |
| Robert E. "Bob" Nelson, and we extend our sincere condolences | 13 |
| to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 14 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 17 |
| sympathy.
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